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Ho fst. Incubation patches r* feathering. Pic Fed up broken wing. 
Went out to Clipper Point colony In morning . Here thousands of f ooti m 
were on the ground especially s r onnd and under the tree heliotropes. 'any 
of these terns had erf? a, but there were also freshly-hatched young and young 
nearly fledged. C81y once did I see a nest with 2 eggs. Photographed birds 
and' habitats. Found *n adult with f eshly broken wing, so It became a 
akin. Cn the edge of the large Sooty Colony were scattered groups (3-5) of 
Irf y-bacVed ferns. Hot only were their backs di f erent in color frotn the 
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Booties but their eye lines were apparently longer end the cell note a 
more melodious *coo-oo" instead of the 'ootids’ strident "cree-ck". 
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I ound & dead Grey - be cV ymm/r and one just beginning to fly* Over the water 
were occasional rown Noddies and two email * ? *#-! Ian Roddies # it seeded 
to me that this sooty colony covered more around and contained more birds 
then the one visited last night on ^ilkes Is* no frigate-birds here 
today. ^ long the ro d and even back em me the tree-heliotropes were 
scattered /; -oide n lovers * Spent part of the afternoon sk inning the Booty 
Tern and Ghoveler* Later in the afternoon we rode * long the road just next 
to the mein runway * counting Golden Plovers, ^loxxg about 3 GOO ft. we 
noted 8 Golden Plovers* All these right beside the road and fairly evenly 
spaced outl Of these 1 war. in "high 11 plum age f one nearly “high”, **nd 
the rest in winter plumage. After supper we went beck to KUVu Point* and 
just at d ok watched the hordes of '"oo ty - erns mostly in the ?• ir* ( There 
was also - large number in the air at the Fuel Farm.) Mostly these birds 
re flying into the prevail in 
Wn went to check the 
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